Should I bust out that walker, old man? Nah, I’m just kidding. You’ve only got 40 years, and 356 days on me. Congratulations. Regardless, why this is a special occasion for me is I’ve followed X-Men comics since literally 1986.
My first memory is an ad with Wolverine that had a banner over it saying “Serious?” and I thought that was the character’s name. Soon after, somehow, my parents bought me a poster of Wolverine slashing with blood streaked claws. To say this was inappropriate for a six year old to have is just putting it mildly. However, I’ve been hooked on Marvel, and especially X-Men comics, ever since.
(Insert Beatles music here) So today is your birthday, so happy birthday to you. In celebration Marvel is having parties everywhere. Here are some of the parties happening at participating Barnes and Nobles around the country:
NYC
SPECIAL GUESTS IRON MAN AND SPIDER-MAN150 E 86TH Street
New York, NYJoe Quesada
Chris Claremont
Greg Pak
Klaus Janson
Fred Van LenteATLANTA
SPECIAL GUEST WOLVERINE2900 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305Daniel Way
Paul Jenkins
Mark BagleyLA
SPECIAL GUEST HULKThe Grove at Farmer’s Market
189 Grove Drive Suite K 30
Los Angeles, CA 90036Jeph Loeb
Craig Kyle
Chris Yost
Mark WaidPORTLAND
SPECIAL GUEST ULTIMATE SPIDER-MANClackamas Towne Center
12000 SE 82nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97266Brian Michael Bendis
Jeff Parker
Rick RemenderSEATTLE
SPECIAL GUEST CAPTAIN AMERICA2675 NE University Village Street
Seattle, WA 98105Ed Brubaker
Clayton Crain
I’ll be making it to the NYC party, because I really have no excuse, its about four blocks from my apartment.
Hey, readers: pipe up and let us know what are some of your first Marvel memories?
